A Dream of Oil and Rice

By

Hugo Restall

Aug 11, 2008 1:50 pm ET

International star Sarah Brightman and popular Chinese crooner Liu Huan together sang the theme song “You and Me” at the Olympic opening ceremony, embodying the “One World, One Dream” slogan for the Games. But some Chinese have jokingly suggested the song carried an alternate meaning: You and Mi, that is “oil” and “rice” in Mandarin. […]